Sovereign vs. Reign

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Sovereignadjective

Exercising power of rule.

Sovereignadjective

Exceptional in quality.

Sovereignadjective

Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).

Sovereignadjective

Having supreme, ultimate power.

Sovereignadjective

Princely; royal.

Sovereignadjective

Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

Sovereignnoun

A monarch; the ruler of a country.

Sovereignnoun

One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.

Sovereignnoun

A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.

Sovereignnoun

A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.

Sovereignnoun

Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

Sovereignnoun

A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.

Sovereignverb

(transitive) To rule over as a sovereign.

Sovereignadjective

Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

Sovereignadjective

Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.

Sovereignadjective

Princely; royal.

Sovereignadjective

Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

Sovereignadjective

Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.

Sovereignnoun

The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

Sovereignnoun

A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.

Sovereignnoun

Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

Sovereignnoun

a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Sovereignadjective

of political bodies;

Sovereignadjective

greatest in status or authority or power;

Sovereignnoun

a supreme ruler, especially a monarch

Sovereignnoun

a former British gold coin worth one pound sterling, now only minted for commemorative purposes.

Sovereignadjective

possessing supreme or ultimate power

Sovereignadjective

(of a nation or its affairs) acting or done independently and without outside interference

Sovereignadjective

possessing royal power and status

Sovereignadjective

very good or effective

Sovereign

Sovereign is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French souverain, which is ultimately derived from the Latin word superānus, meaning .

Reignnoun

The exercise of sovereign power.

Reignnoun

The period during which a monarch rules.

Reignnoun

The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

Reignverb

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

Reignverb

To reign over (a country)

Reignverb

To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.

Reignverb

To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.

Reignnoun

Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.

Reignnoun

The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.

Reignnoun

The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.

Reignverb

To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.

Reignverb

Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.

Reignverb

To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.

Reignnoun

a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful;

Reignnoun

the period during which a monarch is sovereign;

Reignnoun

royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

Reignverb

have sovereign power;

Reignverb

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;

Reignverb

hold royal office; rule as monarch

Reignverb

be the best or most important in a particular area or domain

Reignverb

(of a quality or condition) be the dominant feature of a situation or place

Reignnoun

the period of rule of a monarch

Reignnoun

the period during which someone or something is predominant or pre-eminent

Reign

A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Andorra), of a people (e.g., the Franks, the Zulus) or of a spiritual community (e.g., Catholicism, Tibetan Buddhism, Nizari Ismailism). In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies (e.g., Holy Roman Empire) there have been no limits on the duration of a sovereign's reign or incumbency, nor is there a term of office.

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